Wichita eagle., 1887-02-18
ORDINANCE NO. :
An ordinance authorizing the

an ordinance authorizing the - rGilroat
: company t Construct and operate a railwal
aiunS CERTAIN -treete an avenues
Iie 1t ordained by the ma, or and counciiner
| of the city OF vi d ia:
SEv5InN L That the - railroad company
cooperation duly organized under tn laws o.
the state OF hans ;, be and is hereby grantee
th night To Construct, Inainfa ain and o crate
line or lines OF treei Railway for: :he accomo.
tion and uabsp rtatlon oi passengers upon the
IrIi1Wing streets aud avenues WIthin he Iinlts
Of the sald city: Market street, Water ,tre.t
Zine street, and Fifth avenue, Empuris
avenue, r, urth avenue, MosIey avenue AID
hyd auiic avenue. the entire length of said
| stre'ts' On iopeka avenuef from Douglas avenue
| u The sou II Inc OF the city: on fiIet street.
second street. Williams street kngii h street,
at-rman ssreet: and Tenth stree. tie
| vldrd, That moth Dg herein contHi ed shall
| interfere with The right heretofore granted the
riverside and suburban railway company to
| occnp! Maj ket street.
| SEC =. ! has the track of said railway shall
| be kejt even and on a line with the grade or
aId reets IN av' nues Sc the same all be de-
ternilned by the city engine er OF said city, and
snail be So constr tructed as not TO in -riere with
the Dir in1Re OF said city or with the travel up
| on along or across said stT.e by teaIn or
"iherwi-e. TIL said company shall keep he
space between the rails snu also the sace "f
twelve ihche, On the Otnsids Of every rati Wei
paved or macadamiZ-d 10 the q pth uf six
ipches and level win the top If the rails, and
VIII n any p'rl Of the streets on WI ch said
company = track is iaii is improved by the city,
y icing pav-o, blocked or mech m zed,
said coinpanl shall change their road bed So rs
To Conform with The general imi rov ment of
said stree, by using the same kind OF
Matrrial that i, u-ei by the city tor said i'm
proven Ii at any ii Il said company shall
allow II. rack ~ gel out OF repair 50 d. to Oh
struct public travel tn SAM may be repair d
by the rtTeets Goa nj iOner OF the city. upon
three days notice, at the expeT s. Vf sad C m
pany, a d the ofIirer and mployes OF said CON-
pa y sha be sut ject u fue or lmpri-Onmel lt
or both. "a may De provided 10y OTdinance
&c j. The nter line Of such railway shall
be ae lear "a p acticabIe coincide viii the Cen
ter Inc - the streets or avtnlle- along which
the ZANE III pas. he track OF eai rail way
shall g of the same width a. III at T a ma arrow
wagon track, an the rails fyr he construction
OF sid railway shall he fiat raia aud he SAID
'mpahy hay USE any kind OF material for he
cnhstI uc ion of said roa! SO that the Is OF
hr,t-eluss quality Provided, however, that
the aid raii~ay a"d all the machinery and car
necessarily Iici"ent TO the runuinS Thereof,
shall always be Kept and maintai ned in good re-
psir. Ard provided further, TT at -ad company
N y, in It's uis reti n, lay double track upon
apy OF said sire Is. tee to he as near a.
practicable IL the center of the street
SEC. 4. Each of the cars used liz carrying
Passengers upon said railway, ani running
after dark, snail be provided with q signal
light st each eod. SO placed that they may he
seen at reasonable distance from either end
Of -aid car
SEC. ). The mayor and couucilmen of said
CITY, may al any time prescribe 10y ordinance
! he Bumoer OF trips that shall b. made over said
ilne by The cars funning thereon. provided.
however, that the mayor aud counciimen shall
at 30 time. either by ordinance or Otherwise |
require That CAR shall be over said road at |
airy time al interv ls :as than twenty minutes, !
nor shall require The same To be run later than |
ten O'Clock at night.
>EC. q Ihe right is hereby reserved to regu-
late the FIRE ,"r carrying iae sengers on sa' d |
railway. provided, h viewer, that tn" sane
snail not ut a'y time be more than five cents
r transporting pas ergers any distance within
the c ty Of Wirhita, between the tours OF six |
o clock III and 10 o'cI OK p m. ror more
tnan tn cents between The hours Of 10 o clock
p IN and O'Clock
rEC Z 1h- construction Ofsaid railway shall
be conimrnced wi hin four mon hs and m
plet-d Tithin twelve months FRI IN tn, psssage
% this ordinance, nd if said company shall
faii to construct the said railway within the
period herein pre- bed, or shs a. any time
,ali IT, oprra'e the same for q period Of fifteen
dhys except from navoidabie cause or mis.or
tnn II snail forfeit he right OF way and fran
ciiise herein gr Dbrd
SEC ] he said railway shall be a passenger
railway, operate by electric or other motor,
divided tnr .ame shall not int rfe with the
use of the streets nor eIdanger life
Dr p "perty.
>EC. 8. Ine cars Of said railway shall at all
i'm be entitled to the right OF said rail way |
prOsidrd, however. that they shall In case of
ire Surrender the same to ary fire engines or
Are apparatus going TO o. returhI' & from fires |
when hall be ne'es ary for them to use said
railway or any psrt thereufto make proper aud
D. er time in gOing to dreturning from fires.
he cars OF said ra lway shall not at any time
un With the corpprat. limits OF sa I'd city at
greater rate than six miles All hour, subject to
urt ar regulat on by th- mayor and council
neH.
SEC. 10. The rights and franchises hereby
.rant d to said conpaG y -hail continue to said
,ompsny tor the T. rIn Oi TWEEN one years from
he date Of the acce, tance Of the Provisions Of
hi, ordinance by ~ad company. which &C ep-
ance sna be " lthin thirty d Us alter the pub
lea ion of this ord nance
SEC. IL. The aid company -hall, by its presi
lent ami secretary, file with the city clerk n
writing its acc ptance cf The proyi ions OF this
ordinance, anu In case Of ia lure to do with
n said time. this ordinance shalt b. null and
oid and saii conn any ehail forfeit al right
ler.by granted.
&c. II This ordinance shall take effect d
'e in io,ce ON and after its pa 1iication in the
Mic ita EAGLE and ills dae a ceptance 10y the
aid railway orapany
Notice 10 he eby gwen that the above ordin
nee wlll he presented to tn mayor AMI cOun-
linen Of the city Of Wchts and its adoption
sE ed at the next regular mevtiag. IL being
touday. February 2S 1857.